Texts  and  Vocabulary      SHEMA,  Yisra’el!      

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Sh'ma Yis'ra'eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad.

Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. In an undertone:

Barukh sheim k'vod malkhuto l'olam va'ed.

Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever.

V'ahav'ta eit Adonai Elohekha b'khol l'vav'kha uv'khol naf'sh'kha uv'khol m'odekha.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

V'hayu had'varim ha'eileh asher anokhi m'tzav'kha hayom al l'vavekha.

And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart.

V'shinan'tam l'vanekha v'dibar'ta bam

And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them

b'shiv't'kha b'veitekha uv'lekh't'kha vaderekh uv'shakh'b'kha uv'kumekha

when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Uk'shar'tam l'ot al yadekha v'hayu l'totafot bein einekha.

And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Ukh'tav'tam al m'zuzot beitekha uvish'arekha.

And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.  

   

   

 Blessings:  Blessing  over  Bread,  Blessing  over  Wine,  Friday  Evening  Blessing      Blessing  over  bread  

 

Blessing  over  wine      

 

 Eveni  

 Va'yihi erev va'y'hi voker

Yom ha'shishi. Va'yihulu ha'shamayim v'haaretz v'hol tzva'am. Va'yihal Elohim ba'yom ha'shvi'i milahto asher asah, va'yishbot ba'yom ha'shvi'i mikolmlahto asher asah. Va'yivareh Elohim et yom ha'shvi'i va'yikadeish oto, ki vo shavat mikol milahto, asher bara Elohim la'asot.

Savri maranan

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, borei pri ha'gafen.

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'ratzah banu, v'shabbat kadsho b'ahava v'ratzon hinhilanu, zikaron l'maseh bireshit. Ki hu yom tehilah limikra'eh kodesh, zeher l'Yitziat mitrayim. Ki vanu beharta v'otanu kidashta mikol ha'amim, v'shabbat kadshihah b'ahava uviratzon hinhaltanu. Barukh atah Adonai, mikadesh ha'shabbat.

Names of the books of the Torah in Hebrew בראשית  -­‐    B’reshit    (In  beginning  –  Genesis)    

—שמות  Sh’mot  (Names  –  Exodus)     ויקרא  –  Va’yikra  (And  he  called  –  Leviticus)    

במדבר  –  B’midbar  (In  the  wilderness  –  Numbers)    

דברים    -­‐  D’varim  (words  –  Deuteronomy)

Genesis 1:1-5

No transliteration is given – try reading and transliterating this well-known text yourself!

Holy Days and Festivals Shabbat שבת

Rosh Chodesh (the first of the month) רשא חדש

Rosh HaShanah (New Year’s Day) רשא השנה

Aseret Y’mei T’shuvah (The Ten Days of Repentance) עשרת ימי תשובה

Yom Kippur יום כיפור

Sukkot (The Feast of Booths) סכות or סוכות

Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (The Eighth Day/Rejoicing in the Torah) שמחת תורה/שמיני עצרת

Hanukkah חנוכה

Purim פורים

Pesach (Passover) aka פסח   חג  המצות   Chag  haMatzot  (The  Feast  of  Unleavened  Bread)  

Greetings Sabbath Greetings

”Shabbat Shalom “Peaceful Sabbath שבת שלום

”Shavua Tov “Good Week שבוע טוב Festival Greetings

”Chag Sameach “Joyful Festival חג שמח

”L’shanah tovah “To a good Year לשנה טובה

Tsom kal “Easy fast” (A wish for the Yom Kippur fast) צום קל

General ”Shalom “Hello/Goodbye/Peace שלום

”shalom aleykum “Hello/Goodbye/Peace be upon you שלום עליכם

Mazel tov “Congratulations!” (literally, “good luck”, i.e., “something good has happened”) מזל טוב L’chayim “Cheers!” (literally, “to life!”) לחיים

Words pertaining to the food laws

כשרות    -­‐         kashrut  that  which  is  kosher     טרפה  –         t’refah  (literally,  “torn”)  –  used  for  animals  that  have  bee  injured  or  died  of  their               injuries  –  such  animals  are/become  non-­‐kosher    

חלב              -­‐                                            chelev  –  animal  fat     בשר                                                             basar  meat         הלב                                                       halav  milk     שחיטה                                           shechitah  -­‐      the  method  of  slaughter  for  kosher  animals     שוחט                shochet    -­‐  a  person  trained  and  licensed  to  perform  shechitah  

The  Holocaust       *HaShoah The Catastrophe/The Holocaust השואה

(in Yiddish, חורבן Churban The Destruction)  

Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day יום השואה *Do not use this term for other genocides. Use רצח עם retzach am, the modern Hebrew term for “genocide” instead.

Yiddish Yiddish is written using the Hebrew alphabet. Here are some words you might know! beygl bagel בײגל

chutzpah daring, bare-faced cheek חוצפה

glitsh glitch (possibly from the Middle German verb “to slide”) גליטש

kasha porridge (from a Middle Polish word meaning grain – you will see this word on many קאשע packs of grain in Polish grocery shops) mentsh a decent person (from the German for “person”) מענטש

oy veh! Alas! Woe! Oy Vey! (From the German for “Oh, pain!”) אוי וויי

zaftig pleasantly plump woman זאפטיק